The linguistic relativity hypothesis states that
a. the words we use not only reflect our thoughts but can shape them as well.
b. a simple declarative sentence may be changed to other voices or forms, such as past tense, passive voice, and so forth.
c. there is a tendency during group problem solving for one person's ideas to trigger ideas from others.
d. people have a tendency to select wrong answers because they seem to match preexisting mental categories.
A
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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